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Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Program Title

Project School Emergency Response to Violence

Also Known as
Project SERV
CFDA # (or ED #)
84.184S
Administering Office
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS)
Who May Apply (by category)
Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Current Competitions
Continuing, as needed.
Type of Assistance (specifically)
Discretionary/noncompetitive grants to LEAs in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a
violent or traumatic crisis.
Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2005 $0
Fiscal Year 2006 $3,000,000
Fiscal Year 2007 $3,000,000

Note: Appropriations of Project SERV funds not used in previous years remain available for awards in subsequent
years.

Fiscal Year 2007 Awards Information

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.Awards are as needed.

Legislative Citation
Revised Continuing Appropriations Act, 2007 (P.L. 110-5); Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006
(P.L. 109-149); and Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, Title IV, Part A,
Subpart 2, Sec. 4121 (20 U.S.C. 7131)
Program Regulations
EDGAR; 34 CFR 299
Program Description
This program funds short-term and long-term education-related services for LEAs to help them recover from a
violent or traumatic event in which the learning environment has been disrupted. Immediate services assistance
covers up to 60 days from the date of the incident. Extended services assistance covers up to one year from the
incident.
Types of Projects
Project SERV will fund costs that are reasonable, necessary, and essential for education-related activities that are
intended to restore the learning environment following a violent or traumatic event. This program also supports
activities that assist LEAs in managing the practical problems created by a traumatic event that has produced an
undue financial hardship upon the LEA.
Education Level (by category)
K–12
Subject Index
Violence
Contact Information
Name Sara Strizzi
E-mail Address Sara.Strizzi@ed.gov
 Mailing Address U.S. Department of Education, OSDFS
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
400 Maryland Ave. S.W., Rm. 3E320
Washington, DC 20202-6450
Telephone 202-708-4850
Fax 202-260-7767
Links to Related Web Sites
http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvppserv/index.html